Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
It's not hard to see why people are pissed off is it? It's not for an American sportswear company to "playfully update" a national flag, not without some backlash anyway, or without a lot of consultation.

Symbols like flags, colours, badges, they do matter, especially when it's a national and historic symbol that represents more than just a football team.

Nike should just apologise and reissue. And stop dining out on how inclusive they are when they charge kids £70 for a shirt, whilst they are at it!
Is it Nike who have made the decision on the England kit design, or is it the brief of the client, being the FA i presume? I can't see Nike having the power to decide what shirt style England play in, because that's the way you're wording it Jim. Sure, they may have knocked up a few sample for the FA to look at, but there's no way that Nike would have the final say on things so i don't see why you're blaming them, unless you know otherwise.